Aircraft C-FXVO Data

C-FXVO
1947 Piper PA-12, c/n 12-1542
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Aircraft C-FXVO, When I bought XVO from Bob Dowhey of Ignace Airways in 1979 she looked almost vintage. Seen here at the foot of 5th Ave in Sioux Lookout, photo by Stephen B. Nicholson
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Aircraft C-FXVO, My PA12 at Rosnel MarchApril 1981 1947 SuperCruiser, got me around northwest Ontario in fine style on skis or floats, photo by stephenb.nicholson
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Airframe Info
Manufacturer Piper
Model PA-12 Search all Piper PA-12
Year built 1947
Construction Number (C/N) 12-1542
Aircraft Type Fixed wing single engine
Number of Engines 1
Engine Type Reciprocating
Also Registered As
N2457M Deregistered Cancel: 1968-10-22
Aircraft
Registration Number C-FXVO
Mode S (ICAO24) Code c03eed
Certification Issued 2014-10-03
Current Status Registered
Delivery Date 2000-06-23
Owner
Registration Type Individual
Address Deerfield, Nova Scotia B5A5N9
Canada
User Comments
Stephen B. Nicholson, 2012-01-09 02:40:48
I bought C-FXVO from Bob Dowhey of Ignace Airways in September of 1978, in floats and metal skis configuration. It had what looked like the original upholstery still in place. Over the next several years I had many mods done to it, including a skylight, new fabric, "fishing pole tube", new upholstery, etc., by George Allen of Allen Airways. I put many enjoyable hours flying over bush country on it until August 1982, utilizing it as a vehicle for my land surveying business out of Sioux Lookout in Northwest Ontario.

I sold it to Knobby Clarke, owner of Slate Falls Airways in Sioux Lookout, whose daughter Kim took her flight training on it. It was later sold to Ken Bernier, a "minnow man", also out of Sioux Lookout, and I last saw her some time later heading south down the highway on a truck with the wings off.